Tuesday, August 25th, 2015. BMG: On Monday, August 24 2015, Wayne Thomas, 32, from Orange Walk was reportedly caught trying to traffic marijuana across the San Pancho border from Nicaragua to Costa Rica.
Officials informed that when Thomas arrived at the border in San Pancho, the white van he was driving was thoroughly searched.
During this search, they found a secret compartment in the roof of the van that contained 101 packages of what was suspected to be cannabis.
Commander of the police for Rio San Juan, Noel Cruz, says that the 101 packages weighed a total of 55,887.88 grams or 122.954 lbs., and tested positive for marijuana using the field test.
The Commander said that this is the result of arduous training for their border officials as a new strategy to prevent illegal activities at their borders.